Upbeat Obama touts new economic model for recovery (AP)

Sat, 03/14/2009 - 01:48 EDT - Yahoo!

Turning more upbeat, President Barack Obama said Friday his administration is working to create a "post-bubble" model for solid economic growth once the recession ends. He said that means the days of overheated housing markets and "people maxing out on their credit cards" are over.

With just a week to go until the Obama-promised "all clear" healthcare.gov date of November 30, the president is scrambling to boost enrollment in the 11th hour. As reported by Reuters, the administration announced a flurry of fixes to its troubled HealthCare.gov website on Friday that officials said would soon double its current capacity, a crucial step toward getting the system working by a November 30 deadline.

Now that the holiday shopping season is here (what, you didn’t know Halloween is the new Black Friday?), companies are pulling out all the stops to get us to spend. But watch out: There are some fairly common holiday spending behaviors that can do a number on your credit score. Here’s what the experts say you need to avoid.

Now that the holiday shopping season is here (what, you didn’t know Halloween is the new Black Friday?), companies are pulling out all the stops to get us to spend. But watch out: There are some fairly common holiday spending behaviors that can do a number on your credit score. Here’s what the experts say you need to avoid.

President Donald Trump’s entry in the guest book at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial was strangely upbeat, self-referential and written in his signature all-caps: “IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF MY FRIENDS – SO AMAZING & WILL NEVER FORGET!”

Washington (AFP) - On the eve of his trip to Africa, US President Barack Obama said he was excited about the impending visit to his ancestral continent, which he said had great resilience and enormous potential for growth.

One of the repeated cri-de-coeurs about the various changes banks have been making in their credit cards is that they have a negative impact on credit scores. Slashing limits means that your balances are now a higher percentage of your overall credit, which hurts your score. So does closing one of your older accounts.

One of the repeated cri-de-coeurs about the various changes banks have been making in their credit cards is that they have a negative impact on credit scores. Slashing limits means that your balances are now a higher percentage of your overall credit, which hurts your score. So does closing one of your older accounts.

One of the repeated cri-de-coeurs about the various changes banks have been making in their credit cards is that they have a negative impact on credit scores. Slashing limits means that your balances are now a higher percentage of your overall credit, which hurts your score. So does closing one of your older accounts.